Nine Freshmen to Join Womens Swimming and Diving

Jul 26, 2010

Nine freshmen will help Harvard in its fight for the 2010-11
Ivy League title (David Silverman).

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women’s
swimming and diving team announced nine freshmen will join the team
for the 2010-11 season. Two divers and seven swimmers representing
six different states will bolster the Crimson roster.

The group of incoming freshmen will join a squad that recorded
second-place finishes at both the 2010 ECAC and Ivy League
Championships, led by Stephanie Wriede Morawski, The Costin Family
Head Coach for Harvard Women's Swimming & Diving. Eight members
of the 2009-10 squad earned All-Ivy status at the league
championship meet and seven of those student-athletes are returning
this season.

“We have a very talented class of 2014 that has yet to
reach its full potential,” said Morawski. “They will be
a tremendous addition to the team in terms of both speed and
enthusiasm. We look forward to a great four years with
them.”

Here is a look at the women’s swimming and diving class of
2014:

Deirdre Clute, Free/Back, Alamo, Calif./Carondelet Four-year member of the Carondelet swim team and captain
of the team as a senior … Junior national qualifier in four
events … Four-time All-American, six-time all-league first
team nominee and all-league second team nominee … League
champion in 100 backstroke and 500 freestyle in 2008 …
Four-year NCS/CIF Distinguished Scholastic Team member and Scholar
Athlete Award recipient freshman through senior year …
Scholastic All-American as a senior … Undefeated in three of
four years of high school swimming … Seven-year national
charity league member and student council treasurer all four years
of high school … Recipient of the Bank of America Award for
Outstanding Achievement in Art … Cousin, Paul Koss, pitched
for USC and was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2007.

Taylor Foster, Freestyle, Eden Prairie, Minn./Breck Four-year member of Breck swimming and diving team and
captain as a junior and senior … Three-time individual
All-American … Four-time Minnesota Class A swimmer of the
year nominee and two-time award recipient … Athena Award
winner for top female athlete at Breck … Voted team MVP
twice and named all-state and all-conference freshman through
senior years … Four-time Minnesota State High School League
(MSHSL) individual champion … Competed in the short course
national championships in 2008 and 2009 … Five-time
qualifier for NCSA junior nationals … Three-year Scholastic
All-American and member of the Chinese National Honor Society
… Special Olympics volunteer coach for three years …
Father, Steve Foster, played football and baseball at St.
John’s University and captained both teams as a senior
… Mother, Renee Foster, was a member of the Pompom squad at
University of Wisconsin Madison.

Jenna Gregoire, Sprint Free, Colorado Springs,
Colo./Rampart Four-year letterwinner on Rampart swim team and captain
as a senior … Named Colorado Division 5A and Colorado Spring
Metro League swimmer of the year as a senior … Eight-time
All-American … Named to the all-city team all four years and
all-state squad as a sophomore and junior … Colorado Springs
Rotary Champions Foundation Female Scholar Athlete of the Year in
2010 … Two-time state champion in the 100 freestyle and
Colorado 5A state record holder in the event … Led team to
three Metro League Championships … All-area record holder in
four events and school record holder in six events … Class
valedictorian and part of International Baccalaureate Program
… DECA President and National Honor Society Vice
President.

Petra Janney, Free/Fly, Edgecomb, Maine/Phillips Exeter
Academy Swam three years at Phillips Exeter Academy after
spending freshman season on North Yarmouth Academy squad …
Named 2010 MVP of Exeter girls swimming and diving team …
NEPSSA top 20 in 100-yard butterfly, 200 individual medley, 200
freestyle and 400 free relay … Exeter school record holder
and All-American as part of 400 free relay team … Holds 10
team records and was named MVP as a freshman at Yarmouth Academy
… Holds 10 club and four Maine state individual swimming
records and helped club team to state and national championships
… Led Exeter swim team to a state championship as a senior
… Presidential Scholar and National Merit Scholar
semifinalist … Top performer in national German test in 2009
and outstanding academic performance in French in 2008 …
Noted for excellence in English composition in 2007 …
Volunteers at animal shelters and the Make-A-Wish Foundation
… Enjoys reading, music, movies and baking … Brother,
Niall Janney, is a member of the Harvard men’s swimming and
diving team and grandfather, Henry James McTighe II ’37, was
a member of the swimming and diving and boxing teams while at
Harvard.

Sara Li, Free/IM, Longmeadow, Mass./Longmeadow Swam for four years and ran cross country for one at
Longmeadow … Served as captain of the swim team as a senior
and captain of ultimate Frisbee team as a junior and senior
… Named to the Western Massachusetts All-Scholastic first
team all four years of high school … Massachusetts state
record holder in the 200 individual medley … Nine-time
All-American and a junior national qualifier … Undefeated in
high school career … National Honor Society member and
scholastic All-American as a junior and senior … Harvard
Book Award recipient in 2009 … Mother is a professional
swimmer in China and father is professional basketball player.

Schuyler Moore, Diving, Los Angeles, Calif./Harvard
Westlake Three-year member and captain of the diving team at
Harvard Westlake … Junior nationals qualifier in 2009
… Placed fifth at nationals for age group in the one meter
competition in 2009 … Took second in the three meter event
at AAU nationals and sixth in the one meter in 2008 …
Graduated Summa Cum Laude … National Latin Exam Award in
2008 and 2009 … Cum Laude Society as a senior …
Involved with People to People leadership in 2009 … Sister,
Merritt Moore ’11, is a member of the Harvard Ballet
Company.

Paige Newell, Freestyle, Highlands Ranch,
Colo./Arapahoe Four-year member of the swim team at Arapahoe …
Colorado High School State Finalist in 2007 and 2008 … U.S.
Open qualifier and 20-time sectional finalist … Ranked
eighth nationally for 16-17 year old females in the 1,000 freestyle
… Class valedictorian and graduated with high honors
… Kaiser Permanente Health Fair volunteer in 2005 and 2006
… Club team and community swim instructor … Brother,
Robert Newell ’12, is a member of the Harvard men’s
swimming and diving team.

Danielle Schulkin, Butterfly, Bethesda, Md./Walt
Whitman Lettered four years on the Walt Whitman swim team,
serving as captain as a senior … Three-time
All-American … Named Montgomery County Gazette swimmer of
the year and Washington Post All-Met first team as a senior
… 2010 recipient of Walt Whitman Chichester Sportsmanship
Award … Montgomery County Gazette first team as a junior
… Metro champion in 100 butterfly in 2009 and 2010 and
county record holder in the event … Led team to Metro
championship as a senior … U.S. Senior Nationals qualifier
… Giant Athletic and Academic Achievement Award recipient
… Scholastic All-American from 2008 to 2010 … AP
Scholar with distinction … Athlete representative for
Potomac Valley Swimming … Member of Maryland all-state
chorus in 2008.

Alex Stanton, Diving, Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill Four-year letterwinner on Winston Churchill diving team
and two-year letterwinner on outdoor track and field team …
Captain of the diving team as a senior … Honorable mention
All-Potomac Gazette in 2008 … Helped team to division,
county and metro championships in 2009 and a runner-up finish at
metro championships in 2008 … A Speedo junior national
qualifier in 2008 … AP Scholar and National Hispanic Scholar
… Brother, Michael Stanton ’13, is a member of the
Harvard men’s diving squad.